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Nutrition and People with Learning Disabilities and Dementia
This resource by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides information about good nutrition and supporting someone to eat…
Meeting the Challenges of Dementia for People with Learning Disabilities
This briefing paper by National Dementia Action Alliance (NDAA) has been produced to launch NDAA’s campaign to improve care and…
MacIntyre Dementia Project
MacIntyre have created a range of learning and multi-media information resources to improve the support and care for people with…
MacIntyre Memory Cafes
MacIntyre Charity runs memory cafes for people who have learning disabilities and dementia, their carers, family and friends, and anyone…
Learning disabilities and dementia
Alzheimer’s Society have an online learning resource covering why someone with a learning disability is more likely to develop dementia,…
Hidden in Plain Sight – Dementia and Learning Disability
This document by the Mental Health Foundation and Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (2018) is an attempt to work with…
Early Signs of Dementia in People with Down’s Syndrome – checklist
This resource by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will help you identify the early signs of dementia and…
Downs Syndrome and Epilepsy
‘Individuals with Down’s syndrome who develop Alzheimer’s dementia have epilepsy much more often than individuals who don’t have Alzheimer’s dementia.’…
Developing and piloting the QOMID – quality outcome measure for individuals with intellectual disabilities and dementia
This research article by Karen Dodd, Alick Bush and Alexandra Livesey (2015) introduces the QOMID, how it was developed and…
Dementia and People with Intellectual Disabilities
The British Psychological Society produced this resource in 2015 to provide guidance on the assessment, diagnosis, interventions and support of…